Kongwana Surname

2,255,512th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 71 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Kongwana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Kongwana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa701:773,96753,253
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543

Kongwana Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kongwana Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kongwana is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Kongwana? popularity and diffusion

Kongwana is the 2,255,512th most frequently held last name on earth, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kongwana live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most common in South Africa, where it is borne by 70 people, or 1 in 773,967. In South Africa Kongwana is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 83 percent are found, Gauteng, where 9 percent are found and Limpopo, where 3 percent are found. Apart from South Africa it is found in one country. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Kongwana Last Name Statistics demography

Kongwana earn less than half the average income. In South Africa they earn 60.24% less than the national average, earning R 94,476 per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kongwana
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